The Sun. — London, England, 1810-07-11 00:00:00

,SI4TE OF FRANCE. The following letter is upon so iniportant a sub ject, gni written 'hy a person who has resided so France, that we do not think any apolo . zy neees,ary for laying it befOre our readers • Sin—ln an ankle signed "WILLIAM Cosiwr-r,,',' in his Weekly Register of the 2d instant, the writer conclude., " That because there' is. so much corn in France as to admit of a considerable exporta tion, the situation of that country mustbc,flourisiz ii/E ; and remarks, that if "it were not , for 'Buona tarte we sliouhi not .have bread to eat, and, that we rhust pay him a tax of six-pence lzrr quarters loaf." It is not long. since I left France, where I had resided upwards of eight years. This has enabled the to collect materials sufficient to 67e an history of that flo - urishing country. That work is now the Press. In the Mean tirrt I wish to answer some of the above observations. . That the agricultural state of France is.fiourish ing cannot be denied ; this proceeds, however, fiom the effetiti of the Revolution,. and from - the acquisi, lion of new territories, which always abounded in corn. We waste lands, pleasure , grounds and gar tens, which were before useless, - have been con verted into corn-fitilds. Modern France must, for These reasons, produce more corn than „it did - pre- Yiqasly to the IleVolution. Even before that period grnil . was so plentiful in France, that'the late Duke of Orleans,. was accused of [monopolizing it and send= ing it over to ti,i. country. That a great deal of corn is now on hand in Vrance, is thus to be accounted for. First, there is nor now any debouche of that article either to Spa:it or Portugal, to which countries great quart titles had formerly been sent. Secondly, the 'ar t.:lies and the different Employes, estimated at about. a million of souls, aie out of the country, by which the consumption of corn Must be con siderably less; calculating t'qt every man eats only_ felb. of bread per diem, this makes 500,000 French -quartern loaves, equal •to-7000 sacks of flour per diem : as 72 such loaves are baked out of one hack, Which weighs 2001 b. In this .crilculiktion. I do not include the cavalry; also out of the -country, whose consumption must be great. Thirdly, the French West- India I ;lands,. which were, till within theSe few }ears, supplied with grain from the mother 4-ountry, atlord no' longer a market For its surplus produce. These are_the causes why corn. is, at present so plentiful in France. It is ridiculous to_asstrt, that the' . .boltntry must, for that reason, be in, a. flourish ing situation. If. finds no cleboacke, there might as well be as many. brambles. Ati,agritul fural country Must be ruined-if the cultivation, be be yond *Consumption either doinesticor foreign.— We all . know . what. *the Non-intercourse \ has 'pro duced in America: • • The reason why Bitonaparte is so kind to us as to feed us with' his grain, I can easily give,-Shortly before I quitted France, which was in June last, the grain had rotted in the barns, and the farmers were Unable to pay their land-tax. Grain itself is not seized for the payMent, but military ruffians are otodered to make a seizure (A* aye' s ) , movable found upon the premises. This slistre'ss is not confined to cultivators 'of grain. Those 'of the vine are in a worse situation. I know that these have suffered their grapes to rot upon the tree, instead of con verting them into wine, because they had no sale for it ; but they were, nevertheless, obliged to, pay their b per cent. to the Excise. in addition to the 5 per cent. land-tax, because Government would not be the losers. The Receivers of Taxes for a De— partment, pay a certain sum in advance to the Go vernment, as the amount of the taxes which were levied last year, this year they must do the same; if the farmer cannot pay, The Receivers must lose it, as they generally make advances to Government, some one,. two or' three years, therefore the Re ceivers take good care'not to be the losers. As to " our paying Ruonaparte a tax of 6d. per loaf, by way of duty," Lean only say, that he has paid us • very high duties for our colonial produce, which are exorbitantly, high in France, since his inane Decrees of Berliiz and Milan. Before I left France, lump sugar was five iivres, per lb. 4s. 3d. sterling, and cotfee 8 to 9 lines per lb. Mr.Cobbett observes, " that when the people of this country grumble, they are told that every thing is worse in France ;" this is only a . retort, because the "grunibteo. "pretend that every thing is better in France than in England, and they even publish their opinions in contradittion to the written stated mews of well-inforMed Persons Who have been in that happy country. . That writer. like'sVise says, «tinrplenty is a proof lof a good Government, and tvhat Government must that be called where there:is a scarcity These obser‘ations are really so ridiculous, , that they scarcely deserve an answer. Plenty end scarcity, as applied to different countries, are relative terms., Grain 13 plentiful in Attica and in Turkey, and are - 111 OovernmentS of. that.conoiry good for that rea-. /on only ? And if those countries, or any other, be plentiful in corn, they LaVe a scarcity in other things, they must exchange their corn for other necessaries and, commodities—all this depends upon circum stances. -Suppose this country- could not yield a bushel of co, rt, would that be a proof of the badness of its Government ? . • ' _ England is not solely An agricultural country. It is too rich to be so. It is a ruanufaEturing .andoom tileiciAl country. Men are better paid in our manu tadortes; and otv board our merchant ships, than by working 'at 'the plough. The monied men in this country have a 'variety of means of laying out their money, either in trade, in manufaauring, in canals, to the public funds, in shipping, Ste. tic. which are . more profitable than purchasing of lands.— Whereas in France, monied men can find no ern pl.,ytnent for their money but by laying' it out-in tire. pnlchase of lands. If 'our Government were 1 ice liti:)tiaparte's, it might command, all gentle stterpleasoretrounds to be converted into corn stud all waste lands to be cultivated. It might ( );,ter all manutactuters to 'ire . ak.up 'heirlooms and I.lc , tr t.ngt . ries, arid order the merchants to speculations, a;d.becorpe farmers ; but iSi:ifrallklieavvit,' no sinntitude between the o Go% tT•rnweitts, .inust be contented with our • 'tali ul btarvatioil recouinitad' till those who think that France is better goVerned and more happy than 'tins country; to make the . experinte,bnr, which T . was silly enough to do. Where is.the win who has been in 'France during the iron Regime of Napo leon BuOnaparte, will say, that France is More happy than England ? I am. Sir, pots, LE W GOLDSWTH. 1-ondon, June 26, 1 8 I 0. MAILS. ARRIVED-IGottenburgb, t Cadiz, t Dublin, z Waterford. Vuk.- 2 Gottettbutgli, i Waterford. • PRICE OF STOCKS • THIS nA? AT TVItiL.V O'CLOCK. Consols 71 H j Red. Ann. 7o* l , Omnium 11 I: 6 Li _l>t. SOLEM QUIS,D C 'f RG FALSUM AUDEAT ? L .0 - IN D 0 A', WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, , 1810. This morning we received Spanish Papers to the 23d ult. Although they do not bring us an account of any brilliant successes on the part of the Spaniards, yet their contents are very satisfactory. Cadiz is considered as so perfectly secure, that large detach ments have been—sent from the Garrison to harass that enemy in, different quarters. This circum stance, which we mentioned a few days agO, is con firmed by. liispatehes rrceived tys. morning at the Admiralty from Admiral PICKMORE, The Duke of ORLEANS was at Cadiz when the last accounts came away, but it was expected that he would very shortly sail for Catalonia. The French Papers have for some time past boasted 'of the tranquility of Arra goo, but it appears that the inhabitants, so far 'frorn being in a 'state of subinis.,ion to the French, eagerly seize every opportunity of attacking them with any chance of success. A ve!y- valuable convoy of pro visions, .military stores ; .and treasure, was attacked by the inhabitants, and the whole convoy taken. 'MS 'morning aGo tien4rgh lllail arrived.. No events of . any importance had occurred at Stock holm since the lnsurreEtion of the 21st ; the capital remains tranquil, but it has been deemed necessary t... , to march a great ntimber of troops into it to preserve the,.public tranquility. The most aaiire exertions are making to find out the instigators of the riot, .but no discovery of . any importance has yet been made... One circumstance, .however, of a suspicious nature has been . noticed, viz. that on many of the pet sons who have been taken up, larger sums of woney have been found than could have been expeaed from their genera appearance. The persons appointed to inquire into the causes of the death. of the late Crown Prince have made a report, in which they say, that there appears to be na ground for supposing that his oeatti - MMIS occa sioned by poison they have not, however, yet closed their inquiries, and the King has offered a reward of 20,0001. to any person who can give any infOrmdtion upon. the subje&. . , Orders have been sent to the -rearniting parties belonging to difierent regiments to join their re speetive corps. On Thursday last, the Officers belonging to the Local Regiment of Militia at Blackheath, gave a sumptuous dinner, at the Bull, Shooter's-hill, to his Royal Highness' the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, sand a large party of Noblemen and Gentlemen of dis tinition. On Monday the Cumberland Militia left Hull, on their route for Huntingdon, and are to be re placed by the Cainbridge Regiment of Militia. The 7th Veteran Battalion at Chatham, are in daily expeEtation of embarking on board the trans-• ports for Gibraltar. • A . detachment of the Ist West York Militia are on their route for Plymouth. • Our latest letters from Lisbon state; that a Lord WELLINGTON'S positions were so strong and skil fully, taken, that in case of an unsuccessful first battle, he would at least be enabled to light a second before he might be. compelled to fall back . upon, Lisbon : not so the French General MASSENA, who, should he fail in his first attack, will find a desolated country in his rear, and a numerous peasantry harass ing him in a long retreat. Intelligence has arrived of the complete success of the expedition hued out in India against the pirates in the Pcrsiati Gulph. The. British troops amount ed to 1400, the pirates to 6000 men.. The action lasted four hours, at the conclusion of which the enemy fled in all dire6tions,,leaving the town of Rasui-kiMaS, the 4 principal seat on ,he Arabian shore, in the possession of the British. It • was given up as a booty to the troops. Twelve sail of the line (French and Spanish prizes) that have been lying in Plymouth harbour several jtears in ordinary, have been ordered to be imme diately ripped up, by which aiarge quantity of ma hogany, ceder, and other valuable timber, will be obtained for the purpose of ship-building :—the un serviceable timber and other star belonging to them, will be sold, and the proceeds applied to the public service. This measure has been adopted in pur suance of the recommendation of the commissioners • of the Navy, Nvho were down at Plymouth a few weeks since. Last Saturday, in the early part of the evening, a fire broke out in s a Woollen-mill at liolbeck-, near Leeds.' In an hour from thd time the fire Was dis covered the whole range of building, not less than ,from forty to fifty yards in length, and 'four stories high, exhibited one entire body of fire. Fortunate ly'the night .was peal _aptly' caim; and the fire at length subsided; 'but not till it had destroyed all the wool, cloth;_ and-machinery, with every other com bastible • article within ihe re;ich of the devouring - element.. It is rematkahle• that the mill, at the same place was burnt down eleVen years ago. SPALISII PM2i.11,5. CADIZ, JUNE 23.-1 have little to add to my last comtnunicution.—We know of the expedition that left this place th:ving arrived at illeseara, and ..being. joined by . other troops and armed peasantry, are gone to Ronda at the same'tiTe . that Gen. Bowes, with a det3chnierit . of British troops, calk the at teation of the enemy all Along the coast to the East ward. We loog- to learn the result, which, no ,doubt, is combined with some other operation here. The Dike of i OttLEANs arrived in this port, in the SpariklitiigateTengania, on Wedrresdly;and is still here. It seems he returns shortly to Catalonia, to see what he can do there. . TARRAGONA, MAY 29.--It is known with cer tainty that a division of the enemy, Which marched .by the pass,of Frasno, in Arragon, in the diredion of Saragossa, the force of which was from 800 , to 100 p men, and which guarded a rich convoy of number of carriages laden with valuable effects, and a quantity of money; amounting to a million of reals,, with niuskeis and military . stores, has been at tacked by the - division •of Brigadier Don VEDA() VILLA CAMPA, and entirely destroyed, not a 4ingle wan escaping, almo,t all beihg killed, as none were made prisoners but those who, from the seveijiY of their; wounds, were incapable of moving. The whole convoy likewise remained in. our hands.- * • .AYAMONTE;JUNE 18.-The French, "on the i-Stb, continued atf.lVloguer. During IbQ 4ction.a.t Gibr.4-1 Leon, on the.4th, the Pairiois toolc , a part of thei baggage of the•Axemberg. On the rod), the divi-1 . ,siOti Of Gen. BALLESTEIWS, wasin Fieg - anal ;. that bf! Gen. MENDOZABAL. in . Xeres and and; the French in Zatra, Salvatierra' and Laparra.' On' the 15th, BALLASTEROS passed to Aracena j from which 400 French fled, who had entered the same day. The cavalry of Gen. CAUXONSON (the 15th) 'made a 'reconnoitring on Gibwlt*, and - TrigneLos.. :,Our • reconnoitring Fatties are continually in mo tion. On the sth; a Fiench courier arrived at Seville from Madrid, whence three are 'already wanting. Hp relates, that on the evening of • Ns departure, JosErn RUO,NAPAIIIt; with two diviiicins, hid Mirehidfor'Vareii - Crajlit the private ktters contra dia this intelligende, - sotne.s4ing that he goes to • , Andalusia--others 16 Estrarnadnr&—and others to Isnrgos. In Madrid they were preparing to giye bull fights, for which purpose bull fighters had been brought from Andalusia, On the sth the French announced to the pnblib the defeat of the Chief COPONS, (so they slid) at. Gibrait.nn,l3y.thia, Div;a:crn Diairro of AR WM BURG, without more loss on i their pitt than two killed. But in 'Saville it was known, that he had required at Trigueras 24 labourers with Pick-axes to bury his dead, and 22 . carts to convey his wounda4, among whom was a Colonel, who had .treated the people , of the villages with the greatest harshness and severity. In fa6l, on the gth andlioth 'the con voy of the wounded in the above-mentioned action, was seen to enterby the bridge. of Triana. • • BADJOZ, JUNE 12.—Cpptain Don GA:iRIEL COR BALES, on the 6th inst. surprised,.a French van guard near the village. La Morvera, killing six and making two prisoners. In the. same manner Don FRANCISCO VALpEs, Lieutenant of the regiment of the Princess, and Commander of the flying camp of the dtvitiorrof Gen. Itu.AsT4aosi attacked on the morning of the gth, 500 French who were . in the town of fliguera, and pursued then to the castle f .Cas Guardias, On the same day (the oth) a body .of 1.000 the enemy's horse presented itself before this city, with a view to cut off the grand guard which we had on the road to Merida, and 'to carry off cattle ; but the fire of the art . k ilery of the fortress, and the gallantry with which our flying partiei, and the brave peasantry exerted themeves, obliged them to retire to Talaverella, without being able to cut oft our grand guard, the Commander of which manxuvred with so much dexterity. They had - 1 officer, t seijcant', and 5 soldiers, and 4 hOrsi.s killed, and we took 2. horses. Our loss consisted in t. peasant _killed', and t off.,:er. and 2 soldiers wounded; .Mr..Yarvill, a pedestrian, who went to Windsor in three hours, twelve months ago, from Hyde Park Corner, undertook, yesterday, io go a quarter of a mile in a Minute and four seconds, for a bet of 50 guineas, on a piece of ground leading off Sunbury Common, towards Hounslow. He started at four o'cloCk in the tm)rning', and was backed to win, hot the time expired when he was within 50 yards' of, his distance. Sanderson, the Sornersetshire man, who was on a task of 72 miles a day for seven days, resigned early on the fifth day, in consequence of swelled legs. Lycßur/I.—The new 'Opera of Tricks upon, Tra vellers was represented again I:st night at this Thea-" tre. . A Considerable reduction took place as to the music; and some of the airs were transposed in such a manner as w give them a more Suit*, introduc tion. The Perlortnets in general ext•rted themselves with great suirit, and the piece was luny confirmed . in public &vow. NAVAL.NEWS DovEn, JULY 10.---Passed by for London L!.t evening, upwards of 100 sail of the Jamaica fleet under convoy of his Majesty's ship 116edalus. 'l'L ship Knapion got i ashore in the beginning of 1 1 evening on the Bull Rock, under Shakespeare Ciid , but was got off abotit twelve o'clock without tkl triage,, but with the loss, I under Stand, of two ar ,- churs and cables. • , PLlmourn, JuLY,9.--- , Arrived the brig .Ellz, ED DINGTOINT . , from, Halifax, with a cargo of timber and staves for his Majesty's Dock-yard at this port ; 11 1 ° Brennen brig Dorothie and Louise, J. P. PtioßsT alas' ter, from Malaga ; laden •with wine and fruit, betind t;) London, put itf here 'for convoy ; and . the Mar - Flower, WILLIAMS, fr o m Guernsey, ; also arrived !liisMaj c siy's ship Caledonia trom Puttsmouth. Sailed his Majesty's ship Peacock with a conyol for the Downs; also Sailed the transports Juno and 2genoria, with FrenCh prisoners, toi •Porfstunul‘ Lord COCilitANlt arrived her 6 yesterday' ,pleasure-vessel from London. • " SHEERNESS, JULY 10.—Arriv,:d his Majesty'ssshir Dedaigueuse, PutimvionTn, JULY ..41.—Saih'd his M.iiestyl ship • Tweed, with a to i nvoy of in,.:4,-:cintaton aria transports, to the : Du, ns; , kIISO th6:ll/tdc:aif, LAW' lON ; Roberts, and .Mils for the Downs; also al. Woolwich store:iship for Wooks,ioli. Came in this day his iviajcsty's'..,: in hichfatijatil from Banque .Roads ; Donegal IA 74 guns from s 'cruize off chkfitiourg ; hii N.Lijesty's gun-brig Fit° from Guernsey, and his Majesty's ship Ifiellingto 4 from America. •,- Passed by this morning the hit Friends, Hag' m . otip, master, from Madeira, atter a pas.age of days; several .passengers and their baggage landed here this rooming., • Sailed his Majesty's ship 1 7 rius, with an Amb3" sailor oin , :boardy jar America. DISTRIBUTION'OF PRIZE-MONEY. Seahqrse (notice) that the shares of the ordnance stores $ ll 2 -head-111:mq for the'Turkish trikateHere, will - -,paid once to Greenwich Hoipital. • k'az, for the Elitneur and Sylf (destroyed) on board. °II .her arrival - at Yarmouth; recalled, at No. ti, Stanhop e ' street, . Strand. Monkey, for the AspalOn, Fraw Metta-Dorothea, and An' Catharina, on her on ival in port. Majestic, for the De Hoop, and the Nicoiai•and Martha,-° ° the tztli inst. at No. 2, lames-street, Adelplii. forthe General Mulentells, on: the 25th instant. at No. 3, Clilford's Inn; recalled on WeCinesdays and Cossack, for La Mouche, same day and place ; recalled ..a":ove. L'Aigle, for the Othello, on board, at Plymouth, 00 10411 inst. ; recalled at Mi. Lockyer's, at Plynioatil. Speculator, i - Or the Trial, recapture, ou board, at lle 2 . recalled at No. Iz, Upper 'lll.l.lles-street. I S r ' Essex, for the Dutch Ships captured off the Island 0 Ist , Helena, by, Captain Essington's squiqtron, on the ';t/ 1 " at No. 3. L v I,, te Lion -court, ; recalled o v Thursday.- , GOTTENBURGII MAIL. STOCKHOLM, JUNE 23,—Since the dreadful eve nt* 1 1 of the 20th, this city has assumed the aspect ° besieged town; artillery stationed in the princil' al avenues, cavalry patrolling, and infantry under 4 , 21 7 , 5 ' to prevent a recurrence of flit: scenes of that P l ' 4l ' day. " Several of the ringleaders have been apprell" ed, but no person of consequence has been disci vered among them ; •the only suspicious cireol r stance connected with this event is, that on 11)34 of the persons arrested, sums of money have b e " ,a ' found, which, though occasionally small, are 1 0 above the tneans s :of the possessors to obtain in 2 ,hone. t manner._ The number of killed and wounded on the O tt' is. variously stated ; the lowest.es timate of 'the to ,lll o / is, 16, and the . highest 40; and 130 wounded the military 5 have been killed, viz.) artillerytOrl' ,t dragoon, and 3 of the guards, besides several (DP .gerously wounded by stones, 6,:c. The forbearo oco of the troops was astonishing, and though e °°' mendable, yet if a•proper degree of severity had b e V .exercised at the commencement of the affair, ti ' d t sad cat asfrophe might . have beau prevented. 1,„1 ' -a UGLAS is at his country-seat, and Couoteis at the fortress of Waxhc.)linen,' und,r a guAr' l of safety. There.are at this time beween 7000 ° , l t 3,006 troops of different descriptions in this city environs. • RAPE.---A young gentleman of family' and 1(3 : e tune La.! absconded td avOid an invepgation 0f 1 :- . J charge of ravishing a young lady, th e daughter V', respectable tr,tdeS/nait in the parish of Mary-le-tiotl t h 4 i, iThe alleged rape was Comtnittt:d onSunday 4'effifig l. o or rather on :Monday morning. The young 1,1 0,,,,' .U 2 years of age, and she livid under the roof ot rp 4 "-, father, and in which house the gentlean'had ar ir e '( ments. The father was in the country, the' rrlot" h , wagon to bed' un'the' Second floor, and the liat, l ) 4 and a female servant were loOking, out linen; &C . a back parlour, for washing the next morning; ‘" ) 1 1 the offender got home He was attended by his 0 ') servant, and some excuses were made to get the fO ilo servant out of the house on an errand, and :he Iv o , servant accompanied her, The itunate the I ' e r dressed the lady in indeicate language,. and .kin e r much resistance, cff,cted purpoe. e daugbllt immediately alari,ed her mother, but the Odel l ' lett the house, and taxis riot b'een heard of since. le o To-morrOw the Admiralty SeSsions will be 110 1 ' 1 , at Justice Hall'M the' Old Bailey, for Otlences. 0 1,0 nutted on - the High Seas . in the jur!,(lE-tion of pig!, Court of Adatiralty of 6r . ezi. Britain.